Show Notes
Crystal Dynamics and GDQ Community Manager Vanessa B joins Ash and Brandon to talk about Horses discourse, engaging with game communities, and Juri’s feet. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Vanessa B. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Discord
“They hate me…But I still have to shop”
Color blindness
Diablo series
League of Legends
Crystal Dynamics
Games Done Quick
Vanessa B AKA PleasantlyTwstd
Bloodborne
1: What’s the best community in speedrunning? (04:57)
Haloruns.com
Halo series
Celeste
Black in a Flash
Cuphead
Tool-assisted speedrun
Castlevania series
Demonschool
Final Fantasy XII
Super Mario 64
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
Resident Evil series
Lady Arcaders
GDQueer
Frame Fatales
2: How does a community manager keep the fanbase of a series engaged between release cycles? (13:23)
Ep. 208 - How to Correctly Pronounce Ocarina, with Jackie Cole
Tomb Raider series
Can You Pet the Dog?
MUD
FarmVille
Capcom Creator Program
Monster Hunter series
Victoria Tran
Among Us
Andy Wong
Street Fighter series
Marvel vs. Capcom series
Juri
The Behemoth
3: Here in 2025, how do you explain the significance of Lara Croft? (20:54)
Lara Croft
Alyx Vance
Half-Life series
Jade
Beyond Good & Evil series
Nathan Drake
Pitfall Harry
Indiana Jones
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
yoobrandii
4: What is Gex like in real life? (30:17)
Gex
Geoff Keighley
Conker
Bubsy
Sonic
Alex Kidd
Crash Bandicoot
Ratchet
Jak
PaRappa Rappa
Nathan Fillion
Geico Gecko
Batman
5: spencergifs asks, how would one make a video game that had the fewest amount of players while generating the largest amount of discourse and content? (37:07)
Horses
Pokemon series
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Mouthwashing
I Am Rich
Touhou Project
6: Are there specific racial stereotypes within the video game industry and community that we have to contend with? (43:29)
Michael Jackson
The Witcher series
Assassin’s Creed series
Aloy
Fallout tv series
Killmonger cut
Overwatch
Lúcio
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Stray
LIGHTNING ROUND: Synestheatre (50:05)
Recommendations and Outro (01:10:21):
Vanessa: Back to Black 2026, Speeding Through the Holidays
Ash: Sit with art that makes you uncomfortable
Brandon: Under Siege (1992), the blu-ray commentary for The Hunted (1995) if you’re interested in the craft of making movies, Unglued - Way Back When
Jaffe: Demonschool
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